Ma Mingfeng shook his head and said, "I will return to Guiyang, my hometown, to participate in the provincial examination in the current year. Time is tight, so I dare not delay it. Besides, you have a lot of things to do here. Strengthening the city defense is urgent. Of course, I also advise you, "Everything is too much or too late to do. Don't arouse public anger because of the construction of city defense. After all, the bandits have not come yet and the people's hearts are not unified. It is not advisable to destroy people's livelihood during this period. As long as everything is ready, it will be time to do it."

"I will definitely keep my words in my heart." After Xu Liangxian said this, he winked at Li Jinbiao. Li Jinbiao followed him for a long time and understood what it meant. He returned in a short while, but this time he took a tray and put twenty gold bars in it.

"Brother, the little gift is not respectful, please accept it." Xu Liangxian sent the gold bars to Ma Mingfeng and said solemnly: "Brother, you have a good journey."

Ma Mingfeng said seriously, "Brother, this is not possible. Now that Anqing is building city defense, I am using money, and I am already ashamed that I can't help. How can I take away these property? Good steel is used on the blade. Brother, you should listen to me and take it back."

Seeing Ma Mingfeng say this, Xu Liangxian could only take back the gold bars. Then he ran to the back hall and soon ran back, holding a long box and said to Ma Mingfeng: "Brother, since you don't want gold, you have something here, you must accept it. This is what I got by chance. It is said that it was dug out in the tomb of Zhou Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms. I once asked someone to identify it. It is said that it is a famous sword general. Although I don't know whether it is true or false, this sword is cut like mud. This is true. Brother, you go to Guiyang, thousands of miles away, and the rivers and lakes are far away. You can also defend yourself with it."

"Gan Jiang!" Ma Mingfeng's heart thumped after hearing this. He turned on the box. After opening it, he found that it was indeed a sword. He gently pulled out of the scabbard. He saw that the sword was like a bay of Hongshui, emitting dazzling light. Ma Mingfeng pulled out a hair and blew it gently towards the blade, and his hair was broken into two pieces.

"Blowing hair and cutting off hair is indeed a good sword! Thank you for giving the sword to you." Ma Mingfeng put the sword back into the box, bowed to Xu Liangxian, Li Jinbiao and others, held the box, and then said goodbye to everyone.

Xu Liangxian, Li Jinbiao and others were sent to Anqing Wharf before returning.

When Ma Mingfeng came back, the people on the boat exploded. Not long after dawn, the constables and yamen runners rushed over to block the dock. No personnel or ships were allowed to enter and exit. In addition, Ma Mingfeng did not come back, which made everyone worry about what was going on.

Now that Ma Mingfeng is back, these people are certainly coming up to ask what happened.

However, Ma Mingfeng did not tell them what happened in the garrison yamen, but simply comforted them a few words. After everything was settled, Yu Zhenghu suddenly proposed to teach Ma Mingfeng to practice swords.

Of course, Ma Mingfeng was overjoyed. He had almost no power to resist when he encountered a mutiny. If he could learn martial arts and had magical weapons in his hands, he could have some self-protection at critical moments.

In the following time, Ma Mingfeng was studying during the day and practicing swords with Yu Zhenghu at night. Because Ma Mingfeng's sword was too sharp, Yu Zhenghu found a piece of firewood on the boat, and after a simple processing, he made a wooden sword. So Yu Zhenghu used the real sword and Ma Mingfeng used the wooden sword. The two of them talked and gestured and practiced sword techniques for a total of four or five days on the boat.

On this day, Ma Mingfeng's fleet arrived in Jiujiang. Because it was necessary to collect supplies, the fleet stopped. Ma Mingfeng was going to take this opportunity to invite Yu Zhenghu to have a good meal in order to reward Yu Zhenghu for his teaching, but unexpectedly, as soon as the fleet stopped, he saw Yu Zhenghu carrying his bags and saying goodbye to Ma Mingfeng.

Seeing this, Ma Mingfeng was shocked and hurriedly asked Yu Zhenghu why he left.

To be honest, since the day I met Yu Zhenghu, Ma Mingfeng wanted to take this powerful martial arts man under his command. Later, the two found that they were similar in their ambitions, and half-teachers practiced swords together, and their relationship became even deeper. Ma Mingfeng thought Yu Zhenghu would follow him back to his hometown to take the scientific exam and then make achievements together, but he didn't expect that this would happen, so he was naturally shocked.

When I went to see Yu Zhenghu, I explained: "The young master is unforgettable to the villain. The villain knew that the young master was going all the way back to Guiyang. He originally wanted to follow him, but there was still something important to do around him. After finishing this matter, the villain would go to the young master again."

When Ma Mingfeng heard this, he immediately couldn't force it anymore, so he said to Yu Zhenghu: "Why should Brother Yu do this? There will be a meeting in the mountains and rivers, and I believe we will meet soon."

Yu Zhenghu nodded and said, "There is a meeting in the mountains and rivers. I remember this sentence seems to come from Mr. Feng Menglong's Jingshi Tongyan. I didn't expect that he would be used by the young master to part. I believe that if this sentence spreads, Mr. Feng would be happy."

Ma Mingfeng nodded when he heard this. Feng Menglong is from Suzhou, Nanzhili. If he has time, he still has to pay his respects to him.

Then the two waved goodbye.

After seeing Yu Zhenghu off, Ma Mingfeng's heart was still a little empty, but he also knew that many times parting is also the norm in life, so there is no need to sigh.

The following days, Ma Mingfeng's fleet arrived in Wuchang. After a short rest, he headed to Yueyang, got ashore in Yueyang, and began to transfer to the carriage.

This makes the walking speed much slower. Generally, you can only walk forty or fifty miles a day, and you also have to take into account a series of problems such as investment and accommodation. In addition, the crisscrossing ditches and rivers in the boundary of Hunan, making the road more difficult and dangerous. It took nearly ten days to go from Yueyang to Changde.

The convoy then headed southwest from Changde and arrived in Luxi County, Chenzhou Prefecture within a few days.

After arriving at Chenzhou Prefecture, Ma Mingfeng and others immediately went to the store to play first place, and then discussed the next itinerary.

The shopkeeper Wu Jing had also carefully investigated the news before and said first: "From Luxi County to Guiyang, you usually pass by Chenxi, Mayang, Zhengancheng, and arrive at Tongren Prefecture. When you arrive at Tongren Prefecture, you have already arrived in Guizhou. Although Tongren to Guiyang is also mountainous, it is much easier to walk. The only thing that is, the journey of the road we are taking is quite difficult, especially crossing Fenghuang Mountain, which is the most difficult section of the road. Phoenix Mountain is not only high, but also dangerous. The mountain is full of poisonous insects and weeds. Even the local natives are unwilling to go up the mountain easily. If you walk empty-handed or easier, it is too difficult to carry goods across mountains and hills like us. In history, almost no one has walked like this, unless you choose another road..."
Chapter completed!